Technology used in the crumple zones of cars can avert serious explosions in transformers, believe researchers. Large oil filled transformers are found in all power and switching stations, as well as ...

Experiments show the efficiency of a direct mechanical explosion and fire prevention strategy method. By: Guillaume Perigaud, Sébastien Muller, Gaà«l de Bressy, Ryan Brady and Philippe Magnier, ...

Thankfully, cases of transformers catching fire are rare. A major North American utility reported an overall failure rate of 1.21 percent per year on their entire fleet of 765 kV transformers over a ...

A tank exploded at Hunterdon Transformer in Alpha this morning, sparking a fire and causing at least one injury, according to emergency scanner reports. The incident occurred at 9:42 this morning at ...

An internal fault can be violent enough to blow the lid off a transformer. Catastrophic failure of an overhead transformer is a rare occurrence, but it does happen. Electrical systems are designed so ...

That required the United Illuminating Co. to cut power from the 13,800-volt transformers that provide electrical power to the school until the tank is removed and excavation work in completed at the ...